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Power crisis on; shortfall soars to 5000 MW
ISLAMABAD: The power crisis inflicting the country for several days now, continued unabated today, as the shortfall raged to 5000 Megawatts, triggering problems for the domestic and industrial consumers, Geo News reported Monday.Meantime, the power issue has led to the water shortage as well.
The Water and Power Minister and Pakistan Electric Power Company (PEPCO) could not put their power houses in motion despite the definite orders from the government, owing to their arrears worth billions of rupees and furnace oil supply discontinuation.
The Power and Water Ministry sources said the Pepco is misstating to cover up its failure as there was no reduction in the hydal production amid Pepco’s power houses closed for third day today.
It has turned quite routine for all cities including Lahore to have 11-hour load shedding; while, the life is still afflicted with 16 to 20 hours of load shedding in small cities and villages. This has put the consumers on the rack and the industries including small and large have neared ruination.
The Pepco sources said a high-level meeting has been called today. The meeting is slated to mull over load shedding by the distribution companies not the Regional Control Center Islamabad, as the forced and additional hours of load shedding are unleashing the anger among people.
Courtesy www.Geo.tv